WHO WILL BE THIS YEARS CHAMPION

This weekend will be the last instalment of The Submission Series. and we are looking forward to seeing everyone out again.

Please check out the schedule below to save yourself time. Adults do not to be here until 12pm to weigh in, with No Gi divisions starting at 1pm.

When you come out this weekend you can even get a preview of the Mind Body Soul medals… they are super cool and you can also check out our prototype for the Kids Championship Belt we hope to be using next year.

SCHEDULE:

The schedule will be as follows:

Please register and weigh in 30 minutes before your event is scheduled.

8:30am children registration and weigh ins

9:00 am Children’s Game – ages 4-6

9:30am Children age 7 and 8-9 Gi (Starting with lightest going to heaviest)

Children age 7 & 8-9 (Starting with lightest going to heaviest) will start after their Gi division is finished

11:00 10-11 & 12/13 (Starting with lightest going to heaviest) will start after their no Gi division is finished

11am Adult registration and weigh ins.

12pm Teens 14/15 & Women Gi first then No Gi.

1pm Adult No Gi (Starting with lightest in one ring, heaviest in the other and working to the middle)

2:30pm Adult Gi (Starting with lightest in one ring, heaviest in the other and working to the middle)

COSTS:

Children’s Game (ages 6 and under) – $15

Children 7, 8/9, 10/11, 12/13, 14-16 -$20 for 1 division and $30 for both Gi and No Gi

Adults $30 for 1 division and $40 for both Gi and No Gi

Please make sure you are familiar with the rules and if you have any questions please email me at myackulic@arashido.com

We have been holding back releasing dates for the next 2 Submission Series events due to the number of other events going on in Alberta.

The following dates are:

March 5 (this is tentative as the Capital City Championship is March 19… so this may get moved or cancelled)

May 7. This is set.

The Mind Body Soul will be on June 18 this year and we are looking forward to having a pre-registration process identical to the CBJJF events (same company doing it) which we expect will vastly improve our schedule. We will also be bring in a very experienced Black Belt to referee the whole day. Lots of other changes too, but that will come later.

We love putting on the smaller Submission Series events but we don’t want to over saturate the market and that is starting to happen.

IF you love coming out the the sub series, let us know so we are aware of the interest and we will try harder to find a date that will work for the other promoters.

This is an excerpt from another web page but it has some great tips for you guys looking to compete this weekend.

1. Decide whether you’re going to do takedowns or pull guard. If your standup strategy is a single technique like a “double-leg”, and you are unable to make it happen, just pull guard. If you started Jiu-Jitsu with takedown experience, make for yourself a set of parameters. For example, “If it’s halfway through the match and nothing has happened in terms of standup, I’ll pull guard to get the match going.”

2. Relax Relax Relax. What I mean by relax is to maintain a presence of mind.

4. If it’s your first competition, remember that you only have to win each match once. In the training room, you can be lazy because you know there will be more rolling. You think, “Why burn up all my energy fighting this position now when I have another 30 minutes of rolling left?” This doesn’t apply to competitions. When competing you have to go full throttle each match from start to finish.

This weekend will be the 8th year we have run The Submission Series. That is over 30 tournaments over the last 7 years (some years we had 5 events) and we are still excited for doing these. This tournament is great for the beginner or NOOB in BJJ, but also the more competitive as well as we have Championship belts to award at the end of the year.

This year we expect to have an even greater turnout for kids than we have had in the past. The more people we have the more we split up the divisions. We want this to be a great experience for the kids so we try to keep divisions small but also split them up by age, weight and belt rank. We will add a division for kids to challenge themselves for a championship belt, but it wont be this year. The more children that come out, the sooner it will happen.

We would love to have the women come out again this year. These small tournaments can be hit and miss but if you come out there will be one more. For those that know women that train, encourage them to come out. The Womens grappling community is very welcoming and supportive. If you are not sure, then just come out to watch.

If you have any questions, please check out our F.A.Q.section and we look forward to seeing you out this weekend. It’s a lot of fun.